Adventist Community Services, Ephesus “Serving the poor and hurting in Christ’s name”
“Where there is no vision, the people perish” Proverbs 29:18
Facilitators – Jane Hood & Florence Shorter
We are open to the community the second Monday and the following Tuesday of each month. The Food Pantry is operated by volunteers from our church and members of the community. We give food to families and individuals according to the number of individuals in the household.
Energy Assistance
Adventist Community Services (ACS) volunteers provide disaster response services through the ACS Disaster Response Ministry to assist individuals, families and communities affected by natural and manmade disasters and unforeseen tragedies. ACS Disaster Response is well known for their expertise in Donations Management through Multi Agency Warehouses, Collection and Distribution Centers.
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ww.fema.gov – Federal Emergency Management Agency, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security
www.redcross.org – Red Cross disaster relief focuses on meeting people’s immediate emergency disaster-caused needs
www.reactintl.org – Radio Emergency Associated Communications Teams (REACT)
Crisis intervention is a temporary, but active and supportive entry into the life of individuals or groups during a period of extreme stress. Its goals are to mitigate the impact of the -event, facilitate recovery processes in people who are having normal reactions to abnormal events and restoration to adaptive function. Crisis intervention in its basic form is like psychological first aid and is not counseling or psychotherapy.
On the second Monday and the following Tuesday of each month the Clothes Closet is open to the community. It is operated by volunteers from the church and individuals from the community. We are here to helping meet the needs of families in our community.
Under this program hundreds of homeless men, women and children are fed with a sit down nutritious meal every fourth Sabbath (Saturday) of each month in Kelly Ingram Park, downtown Birmingham. Blankets, shoes and clothing are also provided.
Provide ministering programs (prayer and Bible studies). Tutoring and Teaching services to the incarcerated at Birmingham City Jail and the Municipal Court.
We teach a Fatherhood class and provide ministering classes at the Limestone Correctional Prison through Alabama Justice Ministry Network.
The ACS Elder Care Ministries program is a service for seniors and caregivers. This program offers educational workshops for individuals and churches that would like to address the needs of seniors in the church and community.
Y.E.S. is ACS Ministry that encourages high school and college aged youth to begin a life of service to their communities by working with ACS ministries.